Results For Category: "Training"

Dumbbels lifting at the gym
back health deadlift

Your Spine: The Backbone of Your Life (Part 1)

Why discuss the Spine? I write this on an early May morning, swaying slowly from foot to foot in front of my improvised standing desk set-up that I’ve been mostly...
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goals

Hopes + Plans = Goals!

I hear people share what they want from their athletic selves all the time. It’s honestly one of my favorite (and at times frustrating) parts of my job. People who...
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squatting with intensity

Coaching, not coddling

A commitment to honesty, challenge, and care — in equal measure. At ActiveVT, we take the title Coach seriously. I’m honored by it, sobered by it, and feel the weight...
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exercise nutrition

Fueling Your Workout – What to Eat Before Exercise

Just breathe and finish this thing, I tell myself as I try to ignore the burning in my thighs. They feel as if they’ve just been dipped in acid. My...
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nutrition challenge

No Bullsh*t November Nutrition Challenge

Pardon the raffish language, but from Halloween until New Years most of us need to cut the crap. Leftover candy for weeks. Completely indulgent Thanksgiving that misses the point of...
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bike commuting exercise snack

Snack more. Seriously.

If you don’t have time to exercise, maybe you should consider snacking more. There, I said it — and I’ll stand by it. Snack more. Nibble frequently and fervently. I’m...
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